SYSTEM INFORMATION

LiTHIUM BALANCE Scalable Battery Management System (s-BMS v6)

Housed and loose board battery management solutions and accessories
INTRODUCTION
Lithium Ion batteries offer high performance and
good longevity, but they do not tolerate abuse or
misuse. Battery Management Systems (BMS) are
required to ensure that Lithium Ion (Li-Ion) batteries
or battery packs operate safely and reliably.
The LiTHIUM BALANCE s-BMS is an exceptionally
flexible and cost effective BMS suitable for industrial
applications including material handling, automotive, marine and stationary applications.
System description
The system is designed around a distributed architecture with a master board (BMCU) communicating
over a galvanically isolated RS485 bus with up to 32
slave boards (LMU). Each slave board can connect
3 - 8 cells in series and 2 temperature sensors.
The system is available as loose PCB boards or
housed units with IP 61 protection.
The s-BMS supports all commercially available Li-Ion
chemistries with no restriction on pack current.

FEATURES
Factory calibrated cell voltage measurement circuit
(<2mV typical, <10mV max.)
For battery packs ranging from 12 -1000V with up to 256
cells in series
Individual over/under voltage & over current protection
Measures cell voltages, cell temperatures, SoC, SoH, pack
current, pack voltage and many other parameters
Onboard system operational log for warranty support
Contactor driver circuit including precharge function
Real time short circuit and isolation (leak) fault detection
Close loop charger control using PWM, analogue or CAN.
Up to 840mA balancing current dependent on cell voltage
Galvanic isolation on all major interfaces/connections*
Extremely high EMI resillience (>200V/m @ 80-2400MHz)
Real-time diagnostics via PC interface (RS232) or CAN
Fully configurable CAN bus supporting CAN 2.0A&B
Fully bootloadable firmware on all boards
Battery models for power prediction and SoC calculation

* Except CAN bus

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Applications
The LiTHIUM BALANCE s-BMS is suitable for all industrial applications
using Li-Ion battery technology. For transport applications it provides the
necessary EMI and environmental test performance for harsh vehicle
environments. The precise and reliable SoC calculation helps to reduce
range anxiety.
Stationary applications are often unsupervised and may have long periods
between operation. With all aspects of the BMS operation constantly self
monitored and a low power consumption, the system can safely work
autonomously for extended periods of time. The distributed intelligence
architecture allows the LMUs to perform balancing in the absence of a
dedicated charger.
Hardware
The s-BMS hardware has been designed with special consideration for
EMC performance. All connections to and from the boards are
protected by transient voltage suppression circuits (TVS). Cell
monitoring circuits are additionally protected against ESD and voltage
spikes. The communications bus is an RS485 bus galvanically isolated
from the high voltage bus. The communications bus is also protected
with TVS circuits. The result of these measures is EMC performance
greatly exceeding any of the applicable automotive or industrial
standards.
The housed version includes the s-BMS Control Unit which contains a
BMCU and 2 LMUs in an IP61 unit designed to dissipate heat from the
passive balancing circuit. The Control unit can manage up to 16 battery
cells in series and provides all of the connection options of the loose
boards via an easy to use family of dedicated cables. The s-BMS Control
unit can daisy chain up to 15 Monitoring units, each of which can monitor
up to 16 cells.
Figure 1
s-BMS Control unit
capable of managing
16 cells in series

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The PC Software
The PC software is the gateway to the s-BMS providing an easy to use suite
of system configuration tools as well as displays for monitoring battery and
BMS performance.
The Diagnostic Software allows the user to field update the system quickly
and provides the interface for setting battery parameters such as limit voltages and temperatures, allowable charge and discharge rates.
Other features such as the onboard battery model can be setup to provide
intellingent rate control to the load or improve the SoC estimation by adding
temperature and C - rate compensation. Cell and pack resistance can also
be displayed.
Figure 2
PC Software interface
showing battery pack status
as well as providing the
necessary configuration
options

CAN bus
To simplify integration, a powerful, fully user-configurable CAN bus platform is included allowing CAN messages to be constructed at Bit level
to broadcast any of the parameters measured or calcuated by the BMS. A
post processing module allows you to scale and manipulate values, so that
can get the BMS to broadcast exactly what you want on the CAN bus with
no custom programming. You can configure up to 15 messages each with
up to 25 signals.
Safety
A key function of any BMS is safety. The s-BMS provides notification and
user-definable system responses for 27 different fault and 17 warning conditions in charge and discharge mode, separately.
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Additionally, warning levels are selectable for key parameters allowing

the system to respond progressively, before an error state occurs. System
behaviour has been developed with failure mode analysis techniques where
the potential failure modes are analysed and steps taken in software and
hardware to remove or minimise the effects of component or system
failures. Special attention is paid to charging as this is a critical phase of
operation and the s-BMS operates a separate charger contactor as a fail
safe to isolate the battery pack in the event of any system malfunction.
The s-BMS has been used successfully, all over the World in passenger
vehicle fleets, large buses and trucks, boats, submarines, materials handling
vehicles, power storage systems and even a manned electric helicopter.
We say: Universal, Safe and Affordable, no application is too big or small.
PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS
Maximum system operational limits: 1000V; No current limit
Board details: BMCU and LMU Standard Euro card format 100 x 160mm. Clearance height between the boards is 20mm
Power Requirements: BMCU 9-15V; Current consumption: <150mA (operating) 0mA - powered down LMU 6-40V; Current
consumption: <10mA from cells (operating) <100A (sleep mode)
System details: 3-8 cells/LMU, max. 32 LMUs/system, 256 cells in series, 2 temperature sensors/LMU
Measurement specifications: Cell voltage 0-5V, acc. <10mV max. typical 2mV Sampling 1Hz
Temp. acc. 1.5C (dependent on sensor) Pack voltage 0-1000V, acc. 1V. Sampling 100Hz
Pack current acc. 0.015A with 300A/150mV Class 0.5 shunt. Sampling 50Hz
Data I/O options: 8 GP I/Os (monitored and SW. configurable) switching current 1A cont. 3A peak per IO current capacity,
semi conductor switch driver (12V high)
Charger control: Pulse width modulation (0-5V)* and Analog voltage control of charging current - charging
control algorithms provided by BMCU. CAN support for Brusa, EDN, ElCon, Eltek Valere, Zivan and TC Chargers
Protection modes: 27 error and 17 warning conditions including; short circuit, high/low cell voltage, comms. error and
high/lowtemp.
Data Buses: CAN bus 2.0 A&B RS485 internal comms. RS232 PC diagnostics interface
TEST SPECIFICATIONS
EMC Emission: EN55022 Class B
EMC Immunity: EN61000-4-3 (80 Mhz 2.4 GHz) at >200 V/m
ESD: SAE J113/13
Temperature: Operational -40o to 85oC; Storage -50o to 125oC
Vibration: EN60068-2-6 random vibration (10-1000Hz) according to SAE technical paper 2006-01-0729
CE COMPLIANCE
2006/95/EC Low-Voltage Directive (safety), 2004/108/EC Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive (EMC), 2006/42/EC;
Machinery Directive (safety when installed in a machine)
* 0-30volts with external powersupply

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